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Programs
Databases
- Illinois State Museum
- The
Museum has two downloadable databases:
FAUNMAP, a
database of the distribution of late Quaternary mammal species in the
United States; and the
North American Pollen
Database.
- NOAA Paleoclimatology
Program
- In addition to the software listed above, this program has
many data sets available pertaining to paleoclimatology (mostly Quaternary).
- San Diego Natural History Museum
- The Department of Paleontology now has a searchable database of its collections of fossil vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants collected primarily from Mesozoic- through Cenozoic-aged sites in southern California and northern Baja California, Mexico (and more).
Software Lists
- Geological
Software from the University of Erlangen
- Some programs of interest to
the sedimentology-oriented paleontologist, along with others useful in
different branches of geology. This site also has a list of other sites
that offer freeware or shareware for use in the earth sciences.
- NOAA Paleoclimatology
Software
- Free software for paleoecological data visualization and
analysis. Also includes an annotated bibliography
of additional software tools.
- PaleoNet
FTP Site
- Part of the
PaleoNet Pages, this
is a list of downloadable free software for use by paleontologists and/or those interested in paleontology.
- Palydisks
- This site includes both programs and databases of interest to
palynologists and micropaleontologists, which can either be downloaded
directly or obtained on diskette free of charge.
A service of the American
Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists.
Software Programs
- BIOVOL
- This DOS
program is designed to calculate the volume and surface areas of diatoms.
- BugWare, Inc.
- BugWare maintains an extensive library of paleontological software (for Windows 95/98/NT) to collect, store, graph, convert, etc. paleontological data.
- PAZ Software
- PAZ develops geological, biostratigraphic and earth science software solutions for the Mac OS.
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